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Free Speech for Iranians, Not Residents of Jackson Heights!

Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2009 by Richard S.

Seems a few of my neighbors in Jackson Heights got arrested for using Twitter to help protesters, the same thing that the U.S. politicians and media were praising when it happened in Iran. Seems that these principles of freedom shouldn’t apply globally, just in vilified nations. This video nicely illustrates the contrast.

P.S. I don’t know anything about Twitter, nor do I have any curiosity about it. But it’s nice that people are using it this way.

Listen to The Coup!

Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2009 by Richard S.


Chumbawamba, “Coal Not Dole”

Posted in Uncategorized on October 10, 2009 by Richard S.

“It’s rough in here, but it’s rougher out there…”

Posted in Uncategorized on October 9, 2009 by Richard S.

Carl Sandburg, “The People, Yes”

Posted in Uncategorized on October 8, 2009 by Richard S.

This old poem contains so much truth for the present-day reality – almost too much to bear…

“Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind”

Posted in Uncategorized on October 8, 2009 by Richard S.

Laal, “Umeed-e-Sahar” (lyrics by Faiz Ahmed Faiz)

Posted in Uncategorized on October 7, 2009 by Richard S.

Woody Guthrie, “I Ain’t Got No Home In This World Anymore”

Posted in Uncategorized on October 7, 2009 by Richard S.

A Belated Farewell to Mary Travers

Posted in Uncategorized on October 6, 2009 by Richard S.

Farewell, Mary. Rest in peace.

“Choraveena Mannil” from Arabikkatha

Posted in Uncategorized on October 6, 2009 by Richard S.

A song from Arabikkatha, a good film from Kerala that I watched last week.